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Culture of Silent Violence

Nadia khan  Loralai: The recent acid attack on a young doctor, the alleged abduction and sexual assault of an 18-year-old student, and the killing of a nursing student reportedly by a cousin after she rejected his advances are not…

Feminism Beyond Elite Slogans

Summaya Ghaffar  Islamabad: In just four years, more than 7,500 women have lost their lives to sustain the evils of toxic masculinity, violence, and male ego. How many more women will be sacrificed to satisfy wounded pride remains an…

A Message Written in Blood

Ishtiaq Ahmed Bradford: The attack on a Shia place of worship in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan and the nerve centre of state power, was not merely an act of terror.  It was a calculated message to the government and security…